"Well, that complicates things..."
(linocut block print, ink on paper, 4 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in.)
in progress shots below the cut
i guess it's all building castles in the air about a character who only appears in flashbacks but i don't really get interpretations that claim shou's mom ~abandoned~ him when "lost the equivalent of a nasty custody battle with her supervillain ex husband and went behind his back anyway to at least stay in touch with her kid" feels like the much more obvious conclusion to come to about that whole situation given his dad's line about not "letting" shou see her
anyway i can admit i'm biased because i think shou, 13-year-old who sees himself as a responsible adult, suddenly having to deal with a parent who actually wants to be in his life As A Parent is a hysterical dynamic. he moves in with her like "so what do i owe you for my part of rent" and she's like "shou 1) you are my middle school aged son and 2) i own the house." there's a thematic argument to be made obviously vis a vis mob psycho 100's insistence on showing you genre-typical kids carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders and taking you by the chin and going "look. look. that's a child." but mostly i want to see shou ask his mom how they should revise the chore wheel he used with his adult lackeys to be fair for two people and her mentally screech to a halt and think maybe her plan to give him an allowance in case he wants to see a movie or something is not the biggest issue they need to deal with
#havent finished the manga yet tho so if I'm wildly wrong about something they cut out just dont worry about it#shou suzuki#mp100#suzuki shou#shou's mom#mob psycho 100#it also. tbh. feels a little uncomfortable when people get mad at shou's mom for leaving in a tone that kind of#verges on ''women should stay with their violent husbands no matter what if there are children involved or else they're selfish monsters''#which... holy first wave feminism batman#the turbo divorce attempted patricide family of all time